Petticoat



G. F. HEBERT June 19, 1962 PETTICOAT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 28, 1959 Gladys E Hebert INVENTOR. BY fizmmfiam WWW M,

June 19, 1962 G. F. HEBERT 3,039,114

PETTICOAT Filed April 28, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig.7

Gladys E Hebert 1N VEN TOR.

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nite States 3,039,114 PETTICOAT Gladys F. Hebert, P.O. Box 625, Hilo, Hawaii Filed Apr. 28, 1959, Ser- No. 809,529 3 Claims. (Cl. 2-212) The present invention generally relates to an undergarment for female use and primarily to a petticoat which may be whirled around in such a manner that portions thereof will assume a generally horizontal swirled position while other portions retain themselves in leg enclosing and concealing relation.

The basic principal object of the present invention involves the attachment of circular pieces of cloth to the waist and hip section of pantalettes and at the edges in alternating heights in such a manner that the material will swirl into a full horizontal circle without exposing the legs of the wearer.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a petticoat which is primarily constructed for use by dancers or the like which will enable the skirt or dress of the dancer to swirl outwardly in substantially a hori- Zontal position along with the petticoat of the present invention without the legs of the person wearing the petticoat being exposed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a petticoat which is simple in construction, easy to make, effective for its particular purposes and generally inexpensive to manufacture.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the petticoat of the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a bottom plan view of the construction of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a side elevation of the skirt or petticoat with portions broken away illustrating the pantalette construction;

FIGURE 4 is a detailed sectional view taken substantially upon a plane passing along section line 44 of FIGURE 3 illustrating the construction of the waist band;

FIGURE 5 is a detailed sectional view taken substantially upon a plane passing along section line 5-5 of FIG- URE 3;

FIGURE 6 is a plan view of the components of the present invention illustrating their size relationship; and

FIGURE 7 is a plan view of one leg member of the pantalette portion of the invention.

Referring now specifically to the drawings, the numeral 10 generally designates the petticoat of the present invention which includes a pair of pantalettes generally designated by the numeral 12, including two leg members 14 and 16 which are separate from each other for a major portion of their length but which are secured together by a center seam 18 which extends from the front portion of at waist band 20 downwardly and rearwardly to the rear portion of the waist band 20 thus forming a crotch in the pantalettes 12. The upper ends of the leg members 14 and 16 are secured to the waistband 20 which may be conveniently in the form of an elastic strap or the like and the upper end of the pantalette is wrapped around the waistband 20 and forms a hem 22 retained in position by a line of stitching 24.

Attached to the pantalettes 12 is a series of circular pieces or annular bands of cloth of progressively smaller diameter from the uppermost circular piece of cloth to the lowermost. The pieces of cloth are illustrated in FIGURE 6 in folded condition with the uppermost circular piece of cloth being designated by reference numeral 26, the next lower piece of cloth designated by the numeral 28 and the succeeding pieces of cloth being designated by the numerals 30, 32 and 34. Each piece of cloth 26-34 is provided with a central opening designated respectively by the numerals 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. The uppermost circular piece of cloth 26 has the edges of the opening 36 extending around the waistband 20 generally in enclosing relation to the hem 22 with this portion of the edge of the opening 36 being defined by a hem 46, the hem 46 and thus the piece of cloth 26 being secured to the waistband 20 by the same row of stitching 24 which secures the pantalettes 12 to the waistband or secures the waistband 20' to the pantalettes 12 by virtue of the hem 22. The next succeeding pieces of cloth 28, 30, 32 and 34 have the edge of the openings 3844 respectively turned upwardly and disposed in vertically spaced relation and secured to the pantalettes 12 by rows of stitching 48, 50, 52 and 54 as illustrated clearly in FIGURE 4. FIGURE 7 illustrates the lines of stitching in one of the leg members such as the leg member 14 which is shown in flat condition before forming.

As will be seen in FIGURE 2, the leg members 12 and 14 are also provided with an inner seam 56 securing the individual leg members in tubular form. Also in FIGURE 2, the bottom view of the petticoat is illustrated with the lowermost piece of material 34 being secured adjacent its bottom end to the leg members 12 and 14 of the pantalettes at six circumferentially spaced points 58 with three of these points being located on each tubular leg member 12 and 14 with one point being at the outer edge thereof and two other points being at the front and rear surface thereof. The next upper piece of cloth or material 32 is secured to the material 34 adjacent the bottom edge thereof at eight circumferentially spaced points as designated by the numeral 60 and the remaining pieces of cloth 30, 28 and 26 are secured to the underlying piece of cloth at eight circumferentially spaced and staggered points with the points of attachment between the pieces of cloth 30 and 32 being designated by the numeral 62 and the points of attachment between the pieces of material 28 and 30 being designated by the numeral 64 and the points of attachment between the piece of cloth 26 and 28 being designated by the numeral 66 with the staggered relationship of the points of attachment being clearly illustrated in FIGURE 2 thereby forming a petticoat in which the bottom edges of the piece of material are attached with all other portions of the pieces of material being free of each other whereby this device may whirl with the same assuming a substantially horizontal position but yet having portions thereof disposed in enclosing relation to the pantalettes and the legs of the wearer thus not exposing the legs. The bottom edges of all of the pieces of material as well as the legs of the pantalettes may be scalloped or provided with a scalloped bias tape designated by the numeral 68.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A petticoat comprising in combination a pantalette including a pair of substantially tubular leg members and a body portion having a waist band and a crotch, said leg members being connected to said body portion at the crotch, and a set of annular bands each having a central opening and a marginal outer edge, said bands in the set being superposed and secured at the edges of their respective central openings to said body portion of the pantalette in vertically spaced planes, the secured central opening edge of the uppermost band in the set being substantially at the waist band of the pantalette, said marginal outer edges of said bands being progressively smaller in diameter from the uppermost to the lowermost band in the set and having their marginal outer edges disposed at substantially the same level as the lower ends of said leg members.

2. A etticoat comprising in combination a pantalette including a pair of substantially tubular leg members and a. body portion having a waist band and a crotch, said leg members being connected to said body portion at the crotch, and a set of annular bands each having a central opening and a marginal outer edge, said bands in the set being superposed and secured at the edges of their respective central openings to said body portion or" the pantalette in vertically spaced planes, the secured central opening edge of the uppermostband in the set being substantially at the waist band of the pantalette, said mar- .ginal outer edges of said bands being progressively smaller in diameter from the uppermost to the lowermost band in the set and having their marginal outer edges disposed at substantially the same level as the lower ends of said leg members, the marginal outer edge of each band being attached at circumferentially spaced points to the marginal outer edge of an adjacent band in the set.

3. The device as defined in claim 2 wherein the marginal outer edge of each band is attached at circumferentially spaced points to the marginal outer edge of an adjacent band in the set, the marginal outer edge of the lowermost band being attached at spaced points to said leg members.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,160,521 Rothstein May 30, 1939 2,851,691 Todd et a1 Sept. 16, 195-8 2,877,770 Gold Mar. 17, 1959 2,893,015 Fox July 7, 1959 2,909,784 Forsberg Oct. 27, 1959 

